Combined necktie slip and collar button



March 10. 1925,

E. H. BROMELEY COMBINED NECKTIE SLIP AND COLLAR BUTTON Filed 'Jan. 5.192.

- I INVENTOR. I Eff DROMELEK ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 10, 1925;

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'1 0 all whom it may mace-m5 'Be it known that I, EARL H.Big'oriiinnv,

a citizen of the llnitedState's', res: j g New York,'in thecountyof'N'ew Yorkfla'ndf State of Sew York, have invented certain,

new and useful Improveinent's'inCombined- Necktie Slips and CollarButtons, of which the following is a specification.

This in'venti'onrelates to a combined necktie o-r cravat slide or guideand collar button and has for its primary object to permit the necktieor cravat to be adjusted and slipped about the collar preliminary totying or making the bow.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an extremely simple andeffective device for use in connection with astarched or soft collar andparticularly adapted for attaching the collar to the neckband includinga necktie or cravat disposed between the folds of the collar permittingthe necktie to be easily adjusted preliminary to making abow.

Another object of my invention is to produce a device of the characterabove specified which is extremely simple in construction, highlyefficient in operation and use, practical, durable, capable of beingmanufactured of different kinds of material and particularly ofcelluloid, flexible metal or their equivalent, as well as othercompositions at an extremely low cost whereby its commercialpossibilities are greatly enhanced.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlyingfeatures of my invention that they may embody the same in the variousmodifications in structure and relation contemplated, drawings depictinga preferred form have been annexed as a part of this disclosure and insuch drawings, similar reference characters denote cor responding partsthroughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 is a rear view of a collar, a portion of the outer fold beingbroken away to show a necktie slip and collar button in position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a further section taken substantially on the line 33 ofFigure 1.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 5 designatesthe shirt, 6 the outer fjfoldrafncli the'finner fold; of'afsea or of astare-lied" collar asishown by 1 of the drawings, Between the ihneiiajn'cl' outer folds of: the collar, there is providedfa,Qiiecktie Islipv designated in its entiretyby f flu-- meral 8, which maybef'offpliable,or'flexible 1materialfsuclr as celluloidf lightrnetali,,or 'their quival nt; which slip isgsliape'd to conform to thecurvature of theco-llar. "The bottom edge of the necktie slip is formedto provide a plurality of spaced guide ways 9 which not only permit theinner and outer folds of the collarto be separated, to allow the tie toslip, but also retains the necktie while it is being drawn into adjustedposition preliminary to tying the same. In other words, the guide 9prevents the necktie from slipping down to the bottom "of the inner andouter fold of a collar, which, of course, usually prevents theadjustment of the necktie about the same when it is desired to make abow tie. j

The band or slip 8, which is of substantial width is provided with abuttonhole engaging means formed integral therewith, which is formed byan offset 12, which is continued downwardly as indicated at 13, forminga U-shaped loop 14 so that the free extremity 15 extends in parallelismwith theportion 13 of the loop and consequently permits the same toengage the edge of the neckband of the shirt as clearly shown by Figure2 of the drawings. It will further be seen from this constructiiom thatthe major portion of the band 10 is substantially in the same plane butsomewhat offset from the U-shaped loop 14 so as to give sufficientclearance whereby the said loop may be passed through the buttonhole ofthe collar and at the same time, provide the means to permit of the easyadjustment of the necktie 10. Furthermore, it will be seen that theU-shaped portion 14: engages beneath the lower edge of the neckband ofthe shirt and consequently tends to resist. the separation of the collarand the neckband due to stretch. or pull at the rear portion of thecollar band.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore, reserve the right and privilege of changingthe form of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the classdescribed con1- prising a segmental band of substantially wide flexiblematerial having guides on its lower edge for a necktie or cravat, andmeans formed with the said band adapted to pass through the buttonholeof a collar for re- 7 taining the latter to the neckband of a shirt.

2. In a device of the class described comprising a segmental band ofsubstantially wide flexible material having a plurality of spaced guideson its lower edge to accommodate a necktie or cravat, and means formedintegral with the band extending inwardly of the band and adapted topass through the buttonhole of a collar for retaining the latter to theneckband of a shirt.

3. In a device of the class described comprising a segmental band ofsubstantially wide flexible material having a plurality of outwardlyrolled spaced guides on its lower edge to accommodate a necktie orcravat a U-shaped loop formed integral with the band and disposedinwardly of its inner face and adapted to pass through the buttonhole ofa collar and engage the lower edge of the neckband of a shirt wherebythe said collar is held by said neckband.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EARL H. BROMELEY. [n.s]

